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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy by
TheRoutledge Encyclopedia of Philosophyis the most ambitious international philosophy project in many years. Edited by Edward Craig and assisted by thirty specialist subject editors, the REP consists of ten volumes of the world's most eminent philosophers writing for the needs of students and teachers of philosophy internationally. The REP is a project on an unparalleled scale: Over 2000 entries ranging from 500 to 15,000 words in length - thematic, biographical and national 10 volumes consisting of over 5 million words of text plus considerable bibliographic material A Chief Editor and thirty specialist Subject Editors from across the world Over 1200 authors from all over the world. The importance of the REP is not to be found just in the sheer size of the project but also in its breadth of subject matter. It covers: The core of most Anglo-American philosophy - the metaphysical, epistemological and logical questions The usual menu of ethics, political philosophy and the history of philosophy The philosophy of other cultures - from Chinese, Arabic and Jewish philosophy to the philosophy of Africa and Latin America The most impressive range of authors have been gathered together on this unique project: William Alston, Roderick Chisolm, Fred Dretske, Joel Feinberg, Sandra Harding, Larry Laudan, Martha Nussbaum, Richard Popkin, Richard Rorty, Alan Ryan, Gyatri Chakravorty Spivak, Stephen Stich, Patrick Suppes and Bernard Williams, to name just a few. Also available online: www.rep.routledge.com
Call Number: B51 .R68 1998 REFISBN: 0415073103Publication Date: 1998-05-26
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy by
This is the most authoritative and engaging philosophical reference work in English. It gives clear and reliable guidance to all areas of philosophy and to the ideas of all notable philosophers from antiquity to the present day. The scope of the volume is not limited to English-languagephilosophy: it surveys the foremost philosophy from all parts of the world. A distinguished international assembly of more than two hundred contributors provide almost 2,000 alphabetically arranged entries which are not only instructive but also entertaining: they combine learning, lucidity, elegance, and wit. There are more than fifty extended entries of 3,000 words on themain areas of philosophy and the great philosophers: these include essays by Alasdair MacIntyre on the history of moral philosophy, Paul Feyerabend on the history of the philosophy of science, Jaegwon Kim on problems of the philosophy of mind, Richard Swinburne on problems of the philosophy ofreligion, David Charles on Aristotle, Peter Singer on Hegel, Anthony Kenny on Frege, and Anthony Quinton on philosophy itself. Short entries deal with key concepts (for instance, personal identity, time) doctrines (utilitarianism, holism), problems (the mind-body problem, the meaning of life), schools of thought (Marxist philosophy, the Vienna Circle), and practical issues (abortion, vegetarianism). Individual thinkerspast (Pythagoras, Confucius, Galileo, Goethe, Burke, Santayana, de Beauvoir, Radhakrishnan) and present (over 150 contemporary figures, such as Chomsky, Derrida, and Popper) are profiled, and eighty of them are depicted in black-and-white portraits. Interspersed throughout are short explanations ofparticular philosophical terms (qualia, supervenience, iff), puzzles (the Achilles paradox, the prisoner's dilemma), and curiosities (the philosopher's stone, slime). Every entry is accompanied by suggestions for further reading. A chronological chart of the history of philosophy is located at theend of the book, together with fourteen diagrams showing the structure of philosophy and the relations between its subjects and doctrines. This book will be an indispensable guide and a constant source of stimulation and enlightenment for anyone interested in abstract thought, the eternal questions, and the foundations of human understanding.
Call Number: B51 .O94 1995 REFISBN: 0198661320Publication Date: 1995-08-31
The Feminist Philosophy Reader by
The most comprehensive anthology of feminist philosophy available, this first edition reader brings together over 55 of the most brilliant, influential, and time-tested works to have been published in the field of feminist philosophy. Featuring perspectives from across the philosophical spectrum, and from an array of different cultural vantage points, it displays the incredible range, diversity, and depth of feminist writing on fundamental issues, from the early second wave to the present.
Call Number: HQ1190 .B345 2008ISBN: 9780073407395Publication Date: 2007-08-24
Philosophy of Education by
The first edition of Nel Noddings' Philosophy of Educationwas acclaimed as the "best overview in the field" by the Teaching Philosophy and predicted to "become the standard textbook in philosophy of education" by Educational Theory. This now classic text, originally designed to give the education student a comprehensive look at philosophical thought in relation to teaching, learning, research, and educational policy, has now been updated to reflect the most current thinking in the field. Features of the third edition include: An entirely new chapter on the questions raised with multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism in education. Updates on the latest work in care ethics Philosophy of Educationintroduces students to the evolution of educational thought, from the founding fathers to contemporary theorists, with consideration of both analytic and continental traditions. This is an essential text not only for teachers and future teachers, but also for anyone needing a survey of contemporary trends in philosophy of education.
Call Number: LB14.7 .N63 2012ISBN: 9780813345314Publication Date: 2011-07-26
Finding Philosophy Articles
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- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles on most academic topics, often spanning the entire run of academic journals.
Internet Resources
- Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyStanford University's online encyclopedia of philosophy has a wide range of topics, with articles contributed by philosophers from every area. Includes bibliographies of primary and secondary sources.
- PhilPapers: Online Research in PhilosophyAn online index of research literature in philosophy has an open-access archive.
- Daily Nous: News for and About the Philosophy ProfessionIn addition to news about the philosophy profession, this site has comics and discussions of philosophical topics.
- Globalethics.net LibraryThe library contains over 200 collections and journals (as of November 2019), focused on global, applied, educational and religious ethics. The library also features Globethics.net publications and other works by prominent authors, scholars and experts in various fields related to ethics.
Searching with Subject Headings in Philosophy
Subject headings are terms or phrases created by librarians to help you find everything there is about your topic in a database. The one difficulty with using subject headings is that you don't necessarily know what they are in advance, so you have to find out what the right subject headings are for your topic before you can do a really good search.
To find the subject headings for your topic, do a keyword search using words that make sense to you to describe your topic. Look through the results to see if anything looks like it's what you want. You may have to try a few different keywords before you get any good results. When you find something that you think is close to what you're looking for, open it up and look at the information the database gives about the item. You should see a list of subjects that are assigned to your item. These are the terms that you can use to do a more targeted search for items just on your topic. Be sure to specify in the search fields that you want to search subjects for these terms rather than keywords or titles.
Some examples of subject headings in philosophy
Bear in mind that some databases may not use the same subject headings. Library catalogs generally use the subject headings published by the Library of Congress. Databases like Philosopher's Index use different subject terms.
Philosophy, Ancient
Knowledge, Theory of
Metaphysics
History Philosophy
Religion Philosophy